”Thousands of fighters around the world had given all they had for a cause that, as they believed, as they said, was greater than them; but in the end, it turned out that they themselves were the greatness of that cause” (Chris Marker). 87-year-old persecuted and declared guerrilla Giannis Lionakis takes a farewell trip to the place that defined his life.
FAREWELL – The Memory of the Land
ΑΠΟΧΑΙΡΕΤΙΣΜΟΣ – Η μνήμη του τόπου
24th TDF: World Premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
| Available at the Agora Market. |
- Direction: Stavros Psillakis
- Script: Stavros Psillakis
- Cinematography: Chris Asimakopoulos
- Editing: Stavros Psillakis
- Sound: Anastasis Efentakis, Vangelis Fampas, Alexis Falantas
- Music: Manolis Angelakis
- Production: Vangelis Fampas – Massive Productions
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Greece
- Production Year: 2022
- Duration: 88΄
- Contact: Σταύρος Ψυλλάκης (stavrospsill@gmail.com) | Stavros Psillakis, Βαγγέλης Φάμπας “Massive Productions” (massiveproductions.gr@gmail.com)
Stavros Psillakis
Stavros Psillakis was born in Chania, Crete, in 1954. He is a director and producer of anthropological documentaries that usually focus on borderline situations of human existence. He first studied Electrical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens and then Film Directing at the Hantzikou Film School (Athens). He received a scholarship from the French state to study Anthropological Documentary Filmmaking at the VARAN School in Paris. He was honored with many awards, such as the 1st Documentary Film Award of the Hellenic Film Academy in 2010 for the documentary There Was No Other Way. He is a founding member of the Hellenic Film Academy and the Hellenic Documentary Association, and he has worked on films by Lakis Papastathis, Dimos Theou, and Stavros Tornes. His rich filmography counting more than 40 films, includes the documentaries The Man Who Disturbed the Universe, METAXA listening to Time, Olympia, Short Gypsy Stories, The Light Inside, as well as the trilogy FOR NO REASONS meetings with Yorgos Maniatis, Debt, and FAREWELL The Memory of the Land.
Filmography
2000 The Man Who Disturbed the Universe
2009 There Was No Other Way
2011 120 Milonogianni, Chania (TV) 2012 METAXA Listening to Time
2013 Dilemma (TV)
2014 Short Gypsy Stories
2015 Olympia (short)
2015 The Light Inside
2019 FOR NO REASONS Meetings with Yorgos Maniatis
2020 My Photograph (short)
2021 Debt
2022 FAREWELL The Memory of the Land
2009 There Was No Other Way
2011 120 Milonogianni, Chania (TV) 2012 METAXA Listening to Time
2013 Dilemma (TV)
2014 Short Gypsy Stories
2015 Olympia (short)
2015 The Light Inside
2019 FOR NO REASONS Meetings with Yorgos Maniatis
2020 My Photograph (short)
2021 Debt
2022 FAREWELL The Memory of the Land
